2025年Unit3Lying全新版大学英语综合教程五课文翻译.pdfVIP

古之立大事者，不惟有超世之才，亦必有坚忍不拔之志。——苏轼

TextATheTruthAboutLying

1.Ivebeenwantingtowriteonasubjectthatintriguesand

challengesme:thesubjectoflying.Ivefounditverydifficulttodo.

EveryoneIvetalkedtohasaquiteintenseandpersonalbutoften

ratherintolerantpointofviewaboutwhatwecan—andcannever

never—tellliesabout.IvefinallyreachedtheconclusionthatI

cantpresentanyultimateconclusions,fortoomanypeoplewould

promptlydisagree.Instead,Idliketopresentaseriesofmoral

puzzles,allconcernedwithlying.IlltellyouwhatIthinkaboutthem.

Doyouagree?

SocialLies

2.MostofthepeopleIvetalkedwithsaythattheyfindsocial

lyingacceptableandnecessary.Theythinkitsthecivilizedwayfor

folkstobehave.Withouttheselittlewhitelies,theysay,our

relationshipswouldbeshortandbrutishandnasty.Itsarrogant,they

say,toinsistonbeingsoincorruptibleandsobravethatyoucause

otherpeopleunnecessaryembarrassmentorpainbycompulsivelyassailing

themwithyourhonesty.Ibasicallyagree.Whataboutyou?

4.Willyoupraisehideouspresentsandhomelykids?

吾日三省乎吾身。为人谋而不忠乎?与朋友交而不信乎?传不习乎?——《论语》

so

withtheSo-and-sos?

6.Andeventhough,asIdo,youmaypreferthepoliteevasionof

—whichtasteslike

warmed-overcoffee—

wonderful?

7.TheresonemanIknowwhoabsolutelyrefusestotellsocial

Andhisansw